Monday, 2 March 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Consideration, as amended, deferred till Thursday, 12th March.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is yet in a position to announce an extension of the chiropody services provided under the National Health Service.
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the priority which exists in the supply of artificial limbs and appliances to war pensioners, the time taken to provide a new limb, and the average...
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the numbers of double below-knee amputee war pen- sioners who have been provided with motor-propelled tricycles at State expense; and whether he...
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement outlining the steps taken by his Department to provide relief for sufferers of phantom limb and amputation stump pains; what were the...
asked the Minister of Health what percentage of the practising midwives in Stoke-on-Trent are trained in the administration of inhalation analgesics, as compared with the national percentage;...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he takes to warn British travellers abroad against eating clams and other fish food in countries where the hygiene regulations are not as strict as in...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the steadily increasing death rate from cancer of the lung, and the need for direct evidence and an authoritative statement as to the relationship...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make a further statement regarding the registration of chiropodists and the use of fully qualified chiropodists in a national chiropody service for...
asked the Minister of Health when action is to be taken to improve the scales of payment to patients in mental hospitals for work of a reasonably high standard, substituting, wherever suitable,...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that pharmacists working in mental hospitals suffer financial disadvantage compared with those working in general hospitals; and if he will take steps,...
asked the Minister of Health what decision he has reached on the proposals made to him by the governors of Charing Cross Hospital concerning the future size of the hospital.
asked the Minister of Health what steps he will take to ensure that sufficient doctors qualified in Great Britain or with some post-graduate training in Britain are available to fill outstanding...
asked the Minister of Health what returns he receives from mental hospitals as to the proportion of open and closed wards, respectively, in individual hospitals.
Dr. Stress: asked the Minister of Health how many beds are now available in Stoke-on-Trent for the treatment of Pneumoconiosis and its complications, other than tuberculosis; and whether he will...
asked the Minister of Health if he will give the percentage of beds reserved for patients who pay for both accommodation and treatment in the hospitals under his direction in each of the last...
asked the Minister of Health when it is proposed to extend the hospital geriatric service in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in view of the present shortage of hospital beds.
asked the Minister of Health what step he will take to shorten the waiting period for patients awaiting entry into hospital in the East Glamorgan area.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will consult the French Government with a view to a mutual arrangement by which territories at present under British and French...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will agree to discuss the Soviet Government's proposal for the establishment of a nuclear-free zone in the Far East, and will as a...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what estimate he has made of the relative extent to which the nuclear researches of Western Powers would be hindered as compared with those of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reply he will make to the requests received from the Iraqi Government for supplies of arms.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent Her Majesty's Government, as a member of the Bagdad Pact Council, have been consulted by the United States Government about...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many officers of his Department flew on official journeys between the United Kingdom and the United States of America on commercial airlines;...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the recent extension by the Government of Panama of their territorial waters limit from three to 12 miles; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government that representatives of both the Federal Republic of Germany and the East German...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an assurance that the Government will seek to settle the question of communications with Berlin, after the end of May, on the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the findings concerning the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Trist, of Stanford Avenue, Brighton, in a chalet, near Lisbon;...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is now in a position to make a further statement about the proposed agreement with the Danish Government about the fishing limits in the Faroes.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he is taking to secure the release of Mr. Swinburn and Mr. Zarb, imprisoned by the Egyptian Government.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he has taken, as co-Chairman of the Geneva Conference, to call the attention of the Royal Laotian Government to the messages addressed...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Derick Heathcoat Amory): The Financial Agreement with Egypt which was initialled on 16th January was signed last Saturday in Cairo by representatives of the...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the visit of the hon. Member for Wednesbury (Mr. Stonehouse) to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. As a result of...
Proceedings of the Committee on Colonial Development and Welfare [Money] exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
Order for Second Reading read.
[Queen's Recommendation signified.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Bryan.]
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